Improving the Quality of Competence Formation Related to Public Administration Aspects of National Security Among the Applicants of Higher Education

Abstract

The aim of the article is to study the current state of formation by institutions of higher education in Ukraine of competencies related to state-management aspects of national security in applicants for higher education to staff state authorities and local governments, as well as the private sector with specialists-administrators capable of solving complex problems in the determining areas of national security (political, economic, social and humanitarian). Methodology. The methodological basis of the study are modern general and special methods of scientific knowledge, including: analysis (in the study of educational and professional (EPP) programs and educational and scientific programs (ESP) to identify components aimed at forming the competencies of higher education applicants related to public and management aspects of national security); generalization, synthesis and prediction (to summarize the materials worked out and formulate conclusions and recommendations based on the results of the study). Results. The results of the analysis of a number of educational and professional and educational-scientific programs for the specialties 281 "Public Administration and Management" and 256 "National Security (in certain areas of security and types of activity)" allowed us to conclude that the lack of educational components to form competencies related to public and management aspects of national security in future management specialists in existing educational programs for specialty 281 "Public Administration and Management". Practical implications. The analysis shows that the training of applicants for higher education in the specialty 256 "National Security (in certain areas of security and types of activity)" is almost entirely aimed at the training of military specialists, despite the need of public authorities and local governments in specialists – managers in this specialty. Value/originality. The author presented to the scientific community developed with her participation educational and professional and educational and scientific programs on specialty 256 "National Security (in certain areas of security and types of activity)" for the first (bachelor) and second (master) levels of higher education (full-time and part-time forms of training), which are expected to begin, since 2022-2023 academic year, the training of management specialists for the determining areas of national security at the at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.